Monday, November 16, 2020

Paiwan Every Day 254: kazelju

tucu masanliawliawanga tjasipavaivai a kazelju tua sihu. 

In English
Now the tax, that we give to the government, is getting higher and higher. 

Glossary
  1. tucu: now
  2. masan-liaw-liaw-anga: is getting higher and higher. masan 'become +quantifier'; the root is liaw 'many' in reduplication (RED); -anga 'change of state COS'. 
  3. tja-si-pa-vai-vai: our gift. tja- 'our' (genitive, bound); si-pavai 'gift or the thing we give'; pa-vai 'give' in root reduplication (RED)
  4. a: subject case marker
  5. kazelju: tax, mass noun
  6. tua: oblique (OBL) case marker
  7. sihu: government, loanword from Japanese せいふ政府
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